1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c
index ac2f9eb2..28e03cdc 100644
--- a/tools.c
+++ b/tools.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.c 4.8 2017/06/25 11:45:39 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.c 4.9 2018/02/27 10:09:21 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "tools.h"
@@ -296,6 +296,18 @@ cString strgetval(const char *s, const char *name, char d)
   return NULL;
 }
 
+char *strshift(char *s, int n)
+{
+  if (s && n > 0) {
+     int l = strlen(s);
+     if (n < l)
+        memmove(s, s + n, l - n + 1); // we also copy the terminating 0!
+     else
+        *s = 0;
+     }
+  return s;
+}
+
 bool startswith(const char *s, const char *p)
 {
   while (*p) {